From repetitive FastAPI setups to a modular CLI generator

ning3739 — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 03:02:24 +0000

I’ve been building FastAPI projects in production for a while, and I kept running into the same problem every time I started a new service:

setting up database connections (PostgreSQL / MySQL / SQLite)
implementing JWT authentication
wiring up Redis for caching
configuring Celery for background tasks
writing Docker & Docker Compose configs
setting up Alembic migrations
configuring pytest (async, fixtures, etc.)

You know the drill.

After doing this repeatedly, I decided to extract everything into a reusable, interactive CLI tool called Forge, which generates a FastAPI project based on the features you actually need.

How it works

pip install ningfastforge
forge init

The CLI walks you through a series of prompts, and based on your choices, it generates a complete project with:

✅ A clean, production-oriented FastAPI project structure
✅ Database setup (PostgreSQL / MySQL / SQLite) using SQLModel or SQLAlchemy
✅ JWT authentication (basic or full flow with email verification)
✅ Redis integration for caching
✅ Celery configuration for background tasks
✅ Docker & Docker Compose ready to use
✅ Alembic migrations
✅ pytest setup with async support

What makes this different from other templates?

The generator is modular.

Don’t need Redis? Skip it.
No authentication required? Skip it.
Only want a simple API with a database? That’s fine too.

Forge only generates the files and configuration for the features you select, instead of forcing a one-size-fits-all template.

Forem: ning3739

From repetitive FastAPI setups to a modular CLI generator

How it works

What makes this different from other templates?

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